volvsvolleConfusable pair

Quick tell: vol is a noun, volle is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vol” is a noun and “volle” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,374
“vol” frequency rank
#2,697
“volle” frequency rank
9071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vol volle
Definition Flug, des Tieres und der Maschine Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs voll

Letter map: vol vs volle

Shared letters muted; letters that set vol and volle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
vol
5 ch
volle

Part-of-speech tell for vol / volle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vol is anoun and volleanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “vol” sits inside “volle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vol is recorded at frequency rank #6,374, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. volle is at rank #2,697, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 9071, this pair ranks #1,981,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vol vs volle

Shared letters: lov. Private to "vol": -. Private to "volle": e.

"vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "volle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • volleovlle · vlole · vole · volel · vvolle

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vol" and "volle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vol" is a noun and "volle" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vol" or "volle"?
"volle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,697 in our German list, against #6,374 for "vol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "vol" vs "volle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "volle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,981,587 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vol" and "volle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vol". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,981,587 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list